Knowledge of plant defense responses and how they interact with biotic (e.g., herbivores) and abiotic (e.g., temperature) factors is of fundamental importance for understanding ecosystem functioning. Increases in temperature ...

In light of the increasing pressures from human activities on ecosystems and the global climate, the Nordic countries have decided that a green shift is necessary to ensure the future wellbeing of society. The transition ...

Human disturbance has been found to influence wildlife in various ways, e.g., changing their distribution in the landscape or other behavioral traits as a response to the perceived predation risk. Brown bears (Ursus arctos) ...

Mye av det vi vet om risiko for helseeffekter etter å ha blitt usatt for ioniserende stråling er kunnskap lært fra de som overlevde atombombene i Hiroshima og Nagasaki. Imidlertid er denne kunnskapen basert på effekter ...

Vegetation dynamics in disturbed forested landscapes remain incompletely understood. Considerable areas with stalled forest recovery occur worldwide and may reflect the effects of dense and persistent understorey plants ...

At the cellular level, excitation and ionization of atoms and molecules constitute the fundamental processes leading to harmful effects induced by exposure to ionizing radiation. However, radiosensitivity, defined as the ...

1. Wildlife populations live in increasingly human-altered landscapes. Either because of their intrinsic values or due to instrumental values to humans, wildlife populations are monitored to inform about their current ...

Evidence-based geomorphological research (analyses of glacial landform record) is one of the commonly used types of glacial reconstructions applied for studying the past ice sheets. The work covered by this thesis contains ...

Lichens are optimized to exploit various combinations of hydration sources, such as rain, dew, fog and humid air. Both intra- and interspecific variability in lichen traits reveal the ability to which lichens can acclimatize ...